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Hi everyone!
It's been a long time since I've posted here, great to be back and browsing through everyone's fantastic projects!
I've been busy setting up my upcoming Indian Takeaway Shop and I would like to get some advice please to sort out a couple issues.
This space used to be a computer shop and has concrete walls. Along these walls was wooden skirting and above this skirting a long rectangular cable cover covering a bunch of ethernet cables. Our builder had removed all this, but is now wanting to charge us thousands to fix the broken concrete and paint over it.
I've always received fantastic advice from the awesome members here and the first thing I thought of was to seek advice from the community again.
Rather than paying thousands to the builder, what options do we have to fix these defects? Mix concrete and apply it on ourselves and then paint over it? Or something else?
Really looking forward to all your responses.
Moderators, this is technically not residential, please let me know if I am going against the rules here.
Thank you all!
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Hi prvz27
I like @EricL sliding door it looks neat tidy and functional. If you place a mural on this wall with the sliding window panel the mural can be cut and stuck on the sliding door and will complete the mural when closed.
Well to follow up on murals www.muralunique.com/product/custom-murals DIY custom murals might suit you as you can also use your own photos. No doubt you may wish to vary your menu in the future so I probably wouldnt do a mural of your food offerings as you will have to consider replacing the mural each food change Maybe changable food photos and prices hung over your plain wall. a Busy wall would detract from you food offerings displayed? Some how make your visual food offerings changable?. As you establish your business you will have more and more of your own great new ideas so it is usefull to develope a flexable system at the beginning. eg if prices are also on the food offerings you may need to vary food photos that as a minimum.
One possibilly if it was my shop with strictly takeaway would be big wall floor ceil mural, Put some seats along here in case of customers waiting. along the opposite wall people que along put you food offerings in classy picture frames and hang them like an art gallery on a plain coloured wall (or mirrored?? to reflect mural and give illusion of bigger shop if you wish this effect) so people can select from your choices as they walk in. (picture frames allow you to add specials and up date menu easily) Ummm rear wall with window and door put a price board? so customers can read it and see prices and extra menu items like desert items / sides to tempt them at order placing time when they hungry when face to face with order taker. See bunnings gallery supplies (as used by real gallerys)
Gallery@Home 2m White Track Picture Hanging Pack source Bunnings web site
insert you food photos on this system
I use this system at home its a breeze to do and it can support a column of pictures from roof to floor as needed all suspended by one picture rail. So Imagine all your foody photo choices on these classy hanging wires add specials change photos and rearrange is easy.
Well I dont want to cloud you thoughts too much hope you have a few readly avaliable solutions you can choose at bunnings now. 
good luck with your opening soon love to see you final design photos
Thank you for the sketches there Eric! Very helpful!
There will be shelves installed on both sides of the window as, sorry I should have mentioned this earlier. The sliding door will bump into these shelves, as well as the shutters.
Could we possible slide the door upwards? Like a shutter possibly?
Cheers!
Hi @prvz27
Some of the other things that come to mind are roller blinds, vertical blinds and horizontal blinds. I recommend looking into RIVA blinds, they can custom make it just for that opening. As something that you'll be using quite often, it will be easier to slide open and close rather than lift it open. I suggest going to your local store and speaking to a helpful team member at the special orders desk to get a quote. Please make sure to bring your measurements before you go to the store. I love @Jewelleryrescue's suggestion, it's too bad that the shelves will be in the way.
Here is a handy step-by-step guide: How to measure your windows for inside-mounting blinds
If you need further assistance, please let me know.
Eric
, I dont think there is enough room to slide it upwards unless you think about a hindged flap that lifts up via a cord or some thing but it will look like a tropical hut window.
@EricL curtain ideas work too and are much simpler than my next idea I rate at a medium hard DIY depending on you carpentary experiances and tools
Alternte plan A Shelfing and a sliding door
Create a simple false wall on top of brick wall using timber and plywood 15 to 19mm thick depending on weight you want to place on shelves. The false wall has the same through wall cut out but is hollow underneath to allow @EricL sliding door design suggestion to slip behind false wall with shelves all over it. I would make the whole wall false possibly for a uniform wall. But you can just make a false wall on the sliding door side. Bunnings guys might have videos re some timber framing thing like this or i know they experianced to guide you if you choose this line of thought.
If you mount lengths of timber along wall (thick enough to mount sliding door underneath )suitably spaced ie top bottom above the opening and below window opening for starters for shelf support.. Where the sliding door runs under the wall no supports in there.
My crude attached drawings i hope shows general construction ideas Part or full false walls please note I didnt add all hidden timber design like more shelves details to try simplify drawing.
One of my favorites is sets of
Flexi Storage Decorative Shelving White Matte Wall Cubes Set Of 3
I/N: 0332627
Let me tag @prvz27 to make sure they see your suggestions. Using a sliding cavity door is a fantastic idea, this will still allow them to have a sliding door and not hit the shelves. The best part is that you can still put that painting in front of the sliding door.
Thank you for sharing that wonderful idea.
Eric
